Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation

Portfolio Decision Analysis: Improved Methods for Resource Allocation provides an extensive, up-to-date coverage of decision analytic methods which help firms and public organizations allocate resources to 'lumpy' investment opportunities while explicitly recognizing relevant financial and non-financial evaluation criteria and the presence of alternative investment opportunities. In particular, it discusses the evolution of these methods, presents new methodological advances and illustrates their use across several application domains. Thebook offers a many-faceted treatment of portfolio decision analysis (PDA). Among other things, it (i) synthesizes the state-of-play in PDA, (ii) describes novel methodologies, (iii) fosters the deployment of these methodologies, and (iv) contributes to the strengthening of research on PDA. Portfolio problems are widely regarded as the single most important application context of decision analysis, and, with its extensive and unique coverage of these problems, this book is a much-needed addition to the literature. The book also presents innovative treatments of new methodological approaches and their uses in applications. The intended audience consists of practitioners and researchers who wishto gain a good understanding of portfolio decision analysis and insights intohow PDA methods can be leveraged in different application contexts. The book can also be employed in courses at the post-graduate level. Cutting-edge research on portfolio decision analysis. Stellar group of contributors known throughout the field. Presents novel and established methods and theories. INDICE: An Invitation to Portfolio Decision Analysis. Portfolio Decision Quality. The Royal Navy's Type 45 Story: A Case Study. Valuation of Risky Projects Using Portfolio Selection Models. Interactive Multicriteria Methods in Portfolio Decision Analysis. Empirically Investigating the Portfolio Management Process: Finding from a Large Pharmaceutical Company. Behavioral Issues in Portfolio Decision Analysis. Portfolio Methods for Supporting Innovation Management Processes. An Experimental Comparison of Two Interactive Visualization Methods for Multicriteria Portfolio Selection. Multiple Criteria Sorting: An Application to Student Selection. A Resource Allocation Model for R&D Investments: A Case Study in Telecommunication Standardization. Resource Allocation in Local Government with Facilitated Portfolio Decision Analysis. Portfolio Decision Analysis in Pharmaceutical R&D. Portfolio Decision Analysis: Lessons from Military Applications. Portfolio Decision Analysis for Population Health.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-9942-9
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 379
• Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés